Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball finished 1 for 9 from the field and missed all six of his 3-point attempts in Wednesday’s 115-109 loss to the 76ers. After that, he drove to the team’s practice facility for late-night shooting practice. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

EL SEGUNDO — Following the worst outing of his young career, Lonzo Ball left Staples Center on Wednesday night and headed south to the Lakers’ practice facility, where he continued to shoot the shots that refused to go in throughout his 21 minutes in a 115-109 loss to Philadelphia.

After that game, his usual monotone carried additional notes of disappointment, and when practice rolled around Thursday morning, Ball was “not the same playful, joyful Lonzo that he normally is,” Coach Luke Walton said.

“That could be a good thing that he’s frustrated or mad a little bit,” Walton said. “But he was in the gym last night shooting after the game. He was in here early again before practice.”

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The rookie point guard finished 1 for 9 from the field and missed all six of his 3-point attempts. For the second straight game, he did not play in the fourth quarter. He is shooting just 30.3 percent from the field, including 23 percent from 3-point range.

Ball is just two games removed from his first career triple-double, and Walton said he is not concerned about Ball’s confidence.

“He’s a confident young man, as he should be,” Walton said. “He’s very good at the game of basketball. What he’s already accomplished in these games, getting a triple-double, rebounding the way he is against the bigs in this league. The assists he’s putting up.

“That’s really impressive for a 20-year-old point guard to be able to do.”

Ball’s dud came just hours after his younger brother, LiAngelo, held a press conference at UCLA after being detained in China for shoplifting. Walton said that situation has “got to” affect the rookie point guard.

“It’s family,” he said, “and they’re a close family. So obviously growing up together and whatnot, if my younger brother was in China being arrested, that would weigh on me.”

Rookie forward Kyle Kuzma, Ball’s closest friend on the roster, has tired of the consternation about Ball’s performances.

“Everybody in the country wants him to be a Hall of Famer,” he said, “wants him to be an All-Star right now but he is still a rookie.”

Asked if the hype from his family made things even tougher for Ball, Kuzma shot back, “I don’t know. Could you walk through his shoes?”

Well, considering they cost $495 … No.

The Lakers continue to work with Ball on his shot selection. Walton focused on one 3-pointer in Wednesday’s loss when Ball “was kind of holding it then raised up to shoot it.”

No ball movement, no pressure on the defense, no rebounders in position.

“To me that’s a bad shot,” Walton said. “But if he’s going to his left and they go under (a screen) and he’s in rhythm and wants to pull up and shoot that 3, then we’re good with that. That’s what we want.”

Ball’s 3-point woes are representative of a bigger problem. The Lakers rank last in the NBA in 3-point percentage (28.8 percent) and shots made from beyond the arc (seven per game).

Following shootaround on Wednesday, Walton imposed a rule that all players who shoot 3-pointers must each make 100 of them before leaving practice.

“He made us sign contracts,” guard Jordan Clarkson joked.

Walton said he is not necessarily looking for the Lakers to shoot fewer perimeter shots, just better ones.

“Obviously we’re going to let our guys shoot 3s,” Walton said. “That’s part of the game and we actually have had a couple of games where we’re hitting them. It gives us a good chance of winning.

“But we’re going to encourage attacking the paint in the meantime until those numbers start getting a little better.”

THE JORDAN RULES

If you want to make it to the NBA, it will take discipline. Commitment. A regimen.

Unless, of course, you’re Clarkson.

As one of the more experienced players on the Lakers’ roster, Clarkson is an obvious candidate to help young players like Ball and Kuzma develop a routine that they can stick to throughout the grind of an NBA season.

Except …

“I don’t got no routine,” the 25-year-old said.

He said he would tell rookies to “keep everything the same” even after a bad game.

But Clarkson has his own set of rules, which are that few days are the same.

“My routine is whatever,” Clarkson said. “I might wake up and eat some fried chicken or something in the morning, come here and get some shots up, go to the candy store, get some Skittles, take a nap, watch a movie.

“Might play some video games for like five minutes until I get mad. Might go to sleep again, wake up and drive to the arena to get my pregame shoot.”

Bill Oram covers the Los Angeles Lakers for the Southern California News Group. He covered the Utah Jazz for the Salt Lake Tribune. He is the (usually) bearded guy in the background wearing a University of Montana hat.

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